owo

See also: OWO, OwO, owọ, ọwọ, and Ọwọ

Translingual

Alternative forms

• OwO
• 0w0

Etymology

o (opened eye) + w (curled mouth) + o (opened eye)

Pronunciation

• English:
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈəʊ.wəʊ/
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈoʊ.woʊ/

  • Audio (US):

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  • Rhymes: -əʊwəʊ
• Norwegian: IPA^(key): /¹uːʋu/
• Polish:
  • IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.wɔ/, /ˈɔ.vɔ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔwɔ, -ɔvɔ
  • Syllabification: o‧wo
• Spanish: IPA^(key): /ˈowo/, /ˈoɣo/

Symbol

owo

1. An emoticon representing an innocent, cutesy surprised face with a cat-like smile.

Usage notes

• The emoticon experienced a resurgence in popularity in 2018 and 2019 in connection with the furry fandom; either sincerely (but humorously) by furries themselves or ironically in the context of teasing of furries.

Related terms

• uwu
• :3
• -_-

Ogea

Noun

owo

1. arm

Further reading

• Johannes A. Z'Graggen, The Madang-Adelbert Range Sub-Phylum (1975), page 602

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.vɔ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔvɔ
• Syllabification: o‧wo

Pronoun

owo

1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular of ów

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Cognate with Olukumi ẹ́ghó, Nupe ewó, Edo ígho, Urhobo ígho see Yoruba dialectal forms for other cognates. Proposed to be reconstructed to Proto-Yoruboid *V́-ɣó, and perhaps a doublet of hóró and wóró.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ō.wó/

Noun

owó

1. money, cash
2. cowrie

   Synonym: ẹyọ-owó

Synonyms

Yoruba Varieties and Languages - owó (“money”)
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Language Family	Variety Group	Variety/Language	Location	Words
Proto-Itsekiri-SEY	Southeast Yoruba	Ào	Ìdóàní	eyó
		Eastern Àkókó	Àkùngbá Àkókó	eghó
			Ṣúpárè Àkókó	ewó
		Ìdànrè	Ìdànrè	eghó
		Ìjẹ̀bú	Ìjẹ̀bú Òde	owó
		Ìkálẹ̀	Òkìtìpupa	oghó
		Ìlàjẹ	Mahin	oghó
		Oǹdó	Oǹdó	oghó
		Ọ̀wọ̀	Ọ̀wọ̀	oghó
		Usẹn	Usẹn	eghó
	Ìtsẹkírì		Ìwẹrẹ	eghó, oghó
	Olùkùmi		Ugbódù	ẹ́ghó
Proto-Yoruba	Central Yoruba	Èkìtì	Àdó Èkìtì	eó
			Àkúrẹ́	ió
			Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì	eó
		Ifẹ̀	Ilé Ifẹ̀	oó
		Ìjẹ̀ṣà	Iléṣà	eó
		Òkè Igbó	Òkè Igbó	owó
	Northwest Yoruba	Àwórì	Èbúté Mẹ́tà	owó
		Ẹ̀gbá	Abẹ́òkúta	owó
		Èkó	Èkó	owó
		Ìbàdàn	Ìbàdàn	owó
		Ìlọrin	Ìlọrin	owó
		Oǹkó	Ìtẹ̀síwájú LGA	owó
			Ìwàjówà LGA	owó
			Kájọlà LGA	owó
			Ìsẹ́yìn LGA	owó
			Ṣakí West LGA	owó
			Atisbo LGA	owó
			Ọlọ́runṣògo LGA	owó
		Ọ̀yọ́	Ọ̀yọ́	owó
		Standard Yorùbá	Nàìjíríà	owó
			Bɛ̀nɛ̀	owó
	Northeast Yoruba/Okun	Owé	Kabba	ewó
	Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba	Ifɛ̀	Atakpamé	owó
	Overseas Yoruba	Lucumí	Havana	owó
Note: This amalgamation of terms comes from a number of different academic papers focused on the unique varieties and languages spoken in the Yoruboid dialectal continuum which extends from eastern Togo to southern Nigeria. The terms for spoken varieties, now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria (i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá), have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá (Funṣọ Akere, 1977). It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms, especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi, nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo.

Derived terms

• ẹ̀dínwó (“discount”)
• ẹ̀yáwó (“loan”)
• lówó (“to have money”)
• lówó bí ṣẹ̀kẹ̀rẹ̀ (“to be as rich as a shekere”)
• náwó (“to spend money”)
• olówó (“rich, rich person”)
• owó ẹyọ (“cowry”)
• owó iná (“electric bill”)
• owó omi (“water bill”)
• owó orí (“tax”)
• owó orí ìyàwó (“bride price”)
• owó oṣù (“salary”)
• owó ọ̀yà (“wage”)
• owó ìfẹ̀yìntì (“pension”)
• àìlówólọ́wọ́ (“poverty”)

 

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• òò (Ekiti)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ò.wò/

Noun

òwò

1. business, trade, commerce

   Synonyms: káràkátà, ajé

   Lára òwò ni owó wá. ― It is from business that money comes.

2. commercial enterprise

Derived terms

• ajẹmówò (“commercial”)
• ibùjókò òwò (“commercial centre”)
• ilé-ẹ̀kọ́ iṣẹ́-ọwọ́ (“trade school”)
• olówò (“businessperson”)
• oníṣòwò (“merchant”)
• ṣòwòṣòwò (“trader”)
• àkọsílẹ̀ òwò (“bill of exchange”)
• ìgbọ̀wọ́ ìdókòwò (“investment trust”)
• òwò aláìfòfin ìjọbadè (“free trade”)
• òwò pẹ̀lú orílẹ̀-èdè-mìíràn (“foreign trade”)
• òwò àgbáyé (“international trade”)